British Superbike star, Simon Andrews, will be making his Isle of Man TT debut this year with Paul Shoesmith’s Ice Valley BMW team. Andrews will be riding a BMW S1000RR Superstock when he takes to the mountain course. Andrews is scheduled to compete in the Dainese Superbike, Royal London 360 Superstock and PokerStars Senior TT [...]
The MotoGP Sepang Test starting on February 22nd will bring in teams, journalist, contractors and spectators to Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit is hoping that all of those people will participate in a new charity campaign called “RM2 or More,” to help the flood victims in Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit will ask anyone who [...]
The Yamaha World Superbike team has just unveiled the team livery for the 2011 season. Marco Melandri, Eugene Laverty, and the Yamaha R1 will be dressed in blue and white this year. The new design features a Yamaha blue corporate racing color, and was inspired “from both the famous Yamaha speed block design and also [...]
Yamaha’s FZ8 has just recently made the journey over the pond to the United States, but now Yamaha could be releasing an updated version of the FZ8. The FZ8R. Not much is known about the FZ8R, besides the fact that it exists. The FZ8R will be a sportier version of the FZ8, and probably won’t [...]
River City Bike Week will kick off in Grand Rapids Michigan, but not exactly as planned. The 5-day event that was scheduled for mid-July was approved by the Grand Rapids City Council, but the council decided to scale it back a bit to make a bike weekend instead. River City Bike Weekend will be held [...]
When Harley-Davidson disolved Buell, Erik Buell was given a liscence to continue making Buell Racing bikes, but was not permitted to make street motorcycles. It looks like Harley is lifting that restriction, because Buell is planning a new street bike, the 1190RS. A photo of the new 1190RS was leaked on the web (left) but [...]
Ready for a big motorcycle adventure, but not sure if you want to go it alone? Join MotoQuest as it takes off again in 2011 with its popular All Ladies Alaska tour – Eight days of girls-only fun! Enjoy all the thrills of touring without the hassle of logisitic planning or the uncertainty of exploring [...]
Motorcycle racing fans can follow the AMA Pro Road Racing series. They can watch the MotoGP and the World Superbike series, or the Supercross, Motocross, or BSB. But how do you keep track of all the races that don’t belong to a specific series? Duke has just launched the 2011 Road Race Rankings series, which [...]
There are electric motorcycles, and then there is Chip Yates and the Swigz Racing team. Yates’ electric motorcycle isn’t like other electric bikes you’ve seen. The difference? Yates’ bike is unbelievably fast. Yates and the Swigz Racing team just came within 1.4 seconds of the qualifying time for the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike series. To [...]
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